Embarrassed. Navy pilots don't always hit their mark. The
parachute didn't open and the mine bounced a dozen times before landing in
the local village. The EOD boys are pulling a line from the cherry picker
which was in a LST to recover the practice mine. The village was South of
the Naval Magazine at Subic.

Michael Vargos , mike relaxing at the barracks at Cubi Point R.P.
It
is dated May 71

The USS America. It was the first time it had been to Subic Bay and
was tied up at the carrier pier. Dated July 70

NELSON and Gore, Mineman second class. The
day we went out there were four of us and we left the bay and went out to
the South China Sea, Background of photo. Dated July 70.

Mickey Mouse club.Mine & Torpedo Div. party at the Villa RoVisa hang out at Subic City. It was around the bay from Cubi Point and was generally off limits most of the
time. If you will notice the photo of Barry Gross. He has a stencil outline of a mouse. That "logo" got started at the mine assembly
shop there at Subic. The logo was spray painted on the deflection shields just prior to going back to the magazine,
hence very few people saw it before it was to be stored. The next time the mine came out it could have been six
months or longer. When Barry went back to Charleston he was assigned to Bravo Co. along with myself and several others that were
members of the Mickey mouse club. Our first deployment was Glenn Douglas Scotland. With a seasoned crew and a
few new guys eager to follow, Mickey Mouse was added to the paint scheme along with the HBX and other stencils
required. Mickey had not been "discovered". When Bravo Co returned to Charleston I think Barry remained .The next deployment was
Souda Bay. Mickey was still alive and well but reports from Subic had indicated he had been discovered.
I don't know how long the stencils remained on the refurbished mines but by the time I got out The Viet Nam war
was basically over and the Mickey stencil was phased out On the top photos some of the guys. Jan Bays, Michel Milam, Frank Whipple, Romanisco, Barry
Gross, and Mike Whitner. I don't remember the conductors name but the song was the theme song from Disney's Mickey Mouse
Club. The botom photo was taken at the same, April 71. The second from left was Gorden King and far right was Kenneth Moore. Maybe some of the older crew can ident. the other two.
Hope this puts a smile on some faces Best wishes Greg Warr MN2 69/73